Save , conj. Except; unless.
Save , prep. or conj.
[F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.]
Except; excepting; not including;
leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
Five times received I forty stripes save one.
2 Cor. xi.
24. Syn. -- See
Except.
Save , v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.
Bacon.
Save (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Saving.]
[OE. saven,
sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F.
sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus
saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
1. To make
safe; to procure the safety of; to
preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
God save all this fair
company.
Chaucer.
He cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Matt. xiv. 30. Thou hast . . . quitted all to save
A world from utter loss.
Milton. 2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a
state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state
of spiritual life.
Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners.
1 Tim. i. 15. 3. To keep from
being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Now save a nation, and now save a groat.
Pope. 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
I'll
save you
That labor, sir. All's now done.
Shak. 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
Will you not speak to
save a lady's blush?
Dryden.
6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Just saving the tide, and
putting in a stock of merit.
Swift. To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a
discreditable state
of things.
Syn.
-- To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.
Save (?), n. [See Sage the herb.]
The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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